now ross police tell me they do hope this man is okay considering the cold conditions of the water. we'll be back out here in a few hours once daylight hit to get the better visibility. >> all right. thank you, kate. >>> a break from the rain and good news for folks in east pal low alto. take a look at this. this is at the 11 and embarcadero. at this hour looking good. it was a much different story yesterday. the creek was overflowing, and a nearby levee close to giving way. despite that officials say the levee has three large bowls that makes it vulnerable. >> we have about 600 feet of levee right now that's had overbanking that's still going on, and it's literally carving the levee up. >> meanwhile about 40 evacuees were taken to the ymca on university avenue; but shelter lost power overnight. >>> remember this? it's -- from february 1998 during the el nino storm system, hundreds of homes were damaged in that flooding, and the rains back then turning the creek into a raging tore went far beyond what happened yesterday. >>> 6:04, and a storm stopped traffic on some major bay area r